Grim-faced

  • 1grim-faced — a. Grim visaged …

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  • 2grim — [grım] adj [: Old English; Origin: grimm] 1.) making you feel worried or unhappy = ↑harsh ▪ the grim reality of rebuilding the shattered town ▪ When he lost his job, his future looked grim. ▪ Millions of Britons face the grim prospect (=something …

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  • 3-faced — UK [feɪst] US suffix used with some adjectives to make other adjectives describing the face of someone or something a grim faced receptionist a brass faced clock Thesaurus: suffixeshyponym * * * faced «fay …

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  • 4faced — [ feıst ] suffix used with some adjectives to make other adjectives describing the face of someone or something: a grim faced receptionist a brass faced clock …

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  • 5grim — Synonyms and related words: Spartan, Spartanic, adamant, adamantine, affording no hope, alarming, anguished, anxious, apathetic, appalling, astounding, astringent, atrocious, austere, authoritarian, awe inspiring, awesome, awful, baneful,… …

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  • 6grim — adjective grimmer, grimmest 1 SITUATION/NEWS making you feel worried and unhappy: There s more grim news from the war zone. | things look grim (for): Things look pretty grim for farmers right now. | grim prospect (=something bad that will… …

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  • 7-faced — [[t] feɪst[/t]] COMB in ADJ GRADED faced combines with adjectives to form other adjectives that describe someone s face or expression. → See also , bare faced, , poker faced, , shamefaced, , two faced ...a slim, thin faced man... The committee… …

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  • 8-faced — UK [feɪst] / US suffix used with some adjectives to make other adjectives describing the face of someone or something a grim faced receptionist a brass faced clock …

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  • 9grim-visaged — a. Grim faced …

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  • 10long faced — Synonyms and related words: brooding, broody, chapfallen, crestfallen, decorous, demure, dumpish, earnest, formal, frowning, glum, grave, grim, grim faced, grim visaged, grum, heavy, heavyhearted, laden with sorrow, moodish, moody, mopey, moping …

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